ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION DURING PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUM IN ATHLETIC WOMEN - 2 CASE-REPORTS

The authors present 2 cases: 1 of a thirty-two-year-old woman and anot her of a thirty-eight-year-old woman, both Hispanic and athletic, with no identificable precipitating or coronary risk factors, such as prev ious heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking , hyperlipoproteinemia, oral contraceptive use, coagulation disorders, thyroid disease, collagen tissue disorder, or family history of prema ture myocardial infarction, who both developed an acute posteroinferio r wall myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries, one during pregnancy, from which normal twin girls were born, and another, durin g the postpartum period. After reviewing the literature the authors co nsider the present cases as unique due to the rare association of preg nancy with intrapartum and postpartum acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries in athletic women.